System copy of GTS - Productive to Test - How to ?

Dear all,
We are planning a copy of our SAP sytems from productive to test. We did this already several times including ERP, BW and CRM systems. Now for the first time GTS is involved, too. Is there any special information available on how to do this for GTS 8.0?
I know that information about ERP - Logical System is included in customs document data (/SAPSLL/CUHD_0251_S-ORGLOGSYS) and suppose that this has to be changed to Logical System ID of the ERP test system after the copy.
Any information regarding this topic would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Ulrich

Hello Dave,
Thank you for your feedback!
Concerning Logical System I already talked to our basis guys. They will use trx BDLS to convert it during copy/refresh process.
Concerning Logical System Group I think we are safe as we are using the same Logical System Groups (GRPERP for ERP system + GRPGTS for GTS system) across our system landscape for Dev, Test and Prod. After system copy we just need to check/change the grouping table /SAPSLL/TCOGVA itself for correct entries.
Thanks again and regards,
Ulrich

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